What is the suggested way to install brew node js io js nvm npm on OS X

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I am trying to use homebrew as much as possible  What s the suggested way to install the following on OS X    node js io js nvm npm   and hopefully supports development for    ionic ngCordova

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I m using n  Node version management   You can install it in two ways  brew install n   or  npm install -g n   You can switch between different version of node and io  Here s an example from my current env when I call n without params      n    io 3 3 1   node 0 12 7   node 4 0 0   node 5 0 0   node 5 10 1

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2019 update  Use NVM to install node  not Homebrew  In most of the answers   recommended way to install nvm is to use Homebrew   Do not do that  At Github Page for nvm it is clearly called out      Homebrew installation is not supported  If you have issues with   homebrew-installed nvm  please brew uninstall it  and install it using   the instructions below  before filing an issue    Use the following method instead  curl -o- https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 33 11 install sh   bash   The script clones the nvm repository to    nvm and adds the source line to your profile     bash profile     zshrc     profile  or    bashrc    And then use nvm to install node  For example to install latest LTS version do   nvm install v8 11 1   Clean and hassle free  It would mark this as your default node version as well so you should be all set

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I m super late to this but I didn t like the other answers Installing Homebrew For brew run  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew install master install  quot   Installing node  amp  npm You SHOULD NOT use brew to install node and npm  I ve seen a few places suggested that you should use Homebrew to install Node  like alexpods answer and in this Team Treehouse blog Post  but installing this way you re more prone to run into issues as npm and brew are both package managers and you should have a package manager manage another package manager this leads to problems  like this bug offical npm issues Error  Refusing to delete   usr local bin npm or this Can  39 t uninstall npm module on OSX You can read more on the topic in DanHerbert s post  Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users  where he goes on to say  Also  using the Homebrew installation of npm will require you to use sudo when installing global packages  Since one of the core ideas behind Homebrew is that apps can be installed without giving them root access  this is a bad idea   For Everything else I d use npm  but you really should just follow the install instruction for each modules following the directions on there website as they will be more aware of any issue or bug they have than anyone else

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You should install node js with nvm  because that way you do not have to provide superuser privileges when installing global packages  you can simply execute  npm install -g packagename  without prepending  sudo     Brew is fantastic for other things  however  I tend to be biased towards Bower whenever I have the option to install something with Bower

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If you have previously installed node using brew  then you will have a bunch of extra files that you should clean up before installing node  the right way    Plus  I had to add a few settings to my startup script to make things work smoothly   I wrote a script to make this easy     filename   install-nvm-npm-node   author     Lex Sheehan   purpose    To cleanly install NVM  NODE and NPM   dependencies   brew  NOW   date   x   H  M  S  CR    n  REV   tput rev  OFF   tput sgr0  BACKUP DIR  HOME backups nvm-npm-bower-caches  NOW MY NAME   basename  0  NODE VER TO INSTALL  1 if     NODE VER TO INSTALL           then     NODE VER TO INSTALL v0 12 2 fi if     echo   NODE VER TO INSTALL    cut -c1-1       v     then     echo     CR  Usage       MY NAME  lt NODE VERSION TO INSALL gt       echo  Example     MY NAME v0 12 1      echo  Example     MY NAME  CR      exit 1 fi echo     CR  First  run     brew update  echo  Likely  you ll need to do what it suggests   echo  Likely  you ll need to run    brew update CR  echo  To install latest node version  run the following command to get the latest version     nvm ls-remote  echo      and pass the version number you want as the only param to  MY NAME   CR  echo  Are you ready to install the latest version of nvm and npm and node version  NODE VER TO INSTALL   CR  echo  Press CTL C to exit --or-- Enter to continue     read x  echo     REV  Uninstalling nvm    CR OFF    Making backups  but in all likelyhood you ll just reinstall them  and won t need these backups  if     -d   BACKUP DIR     then      echo  Creating directory to store  HOME  nvm  npm and  bower cache backups   BACKUP DIR      mkdir -p  BACKUP DIR fi  set -x mv  HOME  nvm    BACKUP DIR  2 gt  dev null mv  HOME  npm    BACKUP DIR  2 gt  dev null mv  HOME  bower  BACKUP DIR  2 gt  dev null   set  x     amp  gt  dev null  echo   REV   CR  Uninstalling node    CR OFF  echo  Enter your password to remove user some node-related  usr local directories  set -x sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node modules rm -rf  usr local lib node rm -rf  usr local include node rm -rf  usr local include node modules rm  usr local bin npm rm  usr local lib dtrace node d rm -rf  HOME  node rm -rf  HOME  node-gyp rm  opt local bin node rm  opt local include node rm -rf  opt local lib node modules rm -rf  usr local Cellar nvm brew uninstall node 2 gt  dev null   set  x     amp  gt  dev null  echo   REV   CR  Installing nvm    CR OFF   echo    brew install nvm  brew install nvm  echo    brew --prefix nvm  nvm sh  source   brew --prefix nvm  nvm sh  echo   REV   CR  Insert the following line in your startup script  ex   HOME  bashrc   CR OFF  echo  export NVM DIR      brew --prefix nvm       -s     NVM DIR nvm sh      amp  amp        NVM DIR nvm sh   CR  NVM DIR    brew --prefix nvm    echo     CR  Using nvm install node    CR  echo     nvm install  NODE VER TO INSTALL  nvm install  NODE VER TO INSTALL NODE BINARY PATH   find  usr local Cellar nvm -name node -type d head -n 1   NODE VER TO INSTALL bin  echo   REV   CR  Insert the following line in your startup script  ex   HOME  bashrc  and then restart your shell  CR OFF  echo  export PATH   PATH  NODE BINARY PATH  HOME  node bin   echo     CR  Upgrading npm    CR  echo     install -g npm latest  npm install -g npm latest   set  x     amp  gt  dev null echo   REV   CR  Insert following line in your  HOME  npmrc file  OFF  echo     CR  prefix  HOME  node CR  echo  Now  all is likley well if you can run the following without errors   npm install -g grunt-cli CR  echo  Other recommended global installs  bower  gulp  yo  node-inspector CR    I wrote a short article here that details why this is  the right way    If you need to install iojs  do so using nvm like this   nvm install iojs-v1 7 1   To install brew  just see its home page   See alexpods answer for the rest

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For install with zsh and Homebrew   brew install nvm   Then Add the following to    zshrc or your desired shell     configuration file   export NVM DIR   HOME  nvm      usr local opt nvm nvm sh    Then install a node version and use it   nvm install 7 10 1 nvm use 7 10 1

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I agree with noa -- if you need to have multiple versions of node  io js then brew is not the appropriate solution   You can help beta-test io js support in nvm  https   github com creationix nvm pull 616  If you just want io js and are not switching versions  then you can install the binary distribution of io js from https   iojs org dist v1 0 2 iojs-v1 0 2-darwin-x64 tar gz   that includes npm and you will not need nvm if you are not switching versions   Remember to update npm after installing  sudo npm install -g npm latest

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Using homebrew install nvm   brew update brew install nvm source   brew --prefix nvm  nvm sh   Add the last command to the  profile   bashrc or  zshrc file to not run it again on every terminal start  So for example to add it to the  profile run   echo  source   brew --prefix nvm  nvm sh   gt  gt     profile   If you have trouble with installing nvm using brew you can install it manually  see here  Using nvm install node or iojs  you can install any version you want    nvm install 0 10   or nvm install iojs-1 2 0  npm is shipping with node  or iojs   so it will be available after installing node  or iojs   You may want to upgrade it to the latest version     npm install -g npm latest   UPD Previous version was npm update -g npm  Thanks to  Metallica for pointing to the correct way  look at the comment bellow   Using npm install ionic   npm install -g ionic  What about ngCordova  you can install it using npm or bower  I don t know what variant is more fit for you  it depends on the package manager you want to use for the client side  So I ll describe them both    Using npm  Go to your project folder and install ng-cordova in it   npm install --save ng-cordova  Using bower  Install bower    npm install -g bower   And then go to your project folder and install ngCordova in it    bower install --save ngCordova     PS   Some commands may require superuser privilege Short variant of npm install some module is npm i some module

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Here s what I do   curl https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 20 0 install sh   bash cd    amp  amp       nvm nvm sh  amp  amp  nvm install 0 10 35      nvm nvm sh  amp  amp  nvm alias default 0 10 35   No Homebrew for this one   nvm soon will support io js  but not at time of posting  https   github com creationix nvm issues 590  Then install everything else  per-project  with a package json and npm install

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